California Wildfires

Heavy fire races over a ridge top as a fire engine assigned to structure protection makes its way along Lone Pine Canyon Road in the San Gabriel Mountains, around 75 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, early Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. A wind-fanned wildfire that charred 3,500 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains continued to rage Sunday as firefighters worked to prevent flames from advancing toward a mountain resort community.

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Flames roar up a mountainside that firefighters ignited in order to keep the Sheep fire away from a ski resort, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in San Bernardino, Calif.

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The remains of houses burned by the Sheep fire are seen, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in San Bernardino, Calif.

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A vintage fire engine that was destroyed by the Sheep fire is seen, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Firefighters from Cal-Fire watch as a firing out operation sends up a huge column of smoke during the Sheep fire burning, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Firefighters from Cal-Fire watch as a firing out operation sends up a huge column of smoke during the Sheep fire burning, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Two inmate hand crews, working for Cal-Fire walk up a trail to work on the Sheep fire, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Daniel Fawcett of the U.S. Forest Service sets a back-fire to combat a wildfire in Wrightwood, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.

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Camp crew members watch along a dirt road as flames from a firing operation roar up a hillside, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in San Bernardino, Calif.